IronBee: Creating an open source web application firewall
Qualys announced IronBee, a new open source project to provide the next-generation of web application firewall (WAF) technology. Led by the team who designed and built …
124 new advanced evasion techniques discovered
Stonesoft announced it has discovered 124 new advanced evasion techniques (AETs). Samples of these AETs have been delivered to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FI), …
Unified security engine combines 3 Internet security technologies
Commtouch announced its new unified Internet security solution, which brings together messaging security, Web security and antivirus into a single engine. The unified engine …
Hardware keyloggers found on library computers
Public computers are usually not the best way to check your banking accounts, do online reservations or shopping. But, for people who don’t have access to a computer at …
Malware and virtual patching info added to QualysGuard
Qualys announced that QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM) now integrates with Trend Micro Threat Intelligence and Trend Micro Deep Security providing customers with live …
Virus downs Australian ambulance dispatch service
The dispatch system of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales – the Australian most populous state – has been downed on Saturday by an unspecified virus. The …
Companies sever ties with HBGary
The HBGary breach and the publication of internal company documents – including the potentially damning proposal developed by HBGary, Palantir Technologies and Berico …
Hardware security modules for cryptographic protection
Thales announced that Thales nShield Solo hardware security modules (HSMs) have been integrated into Imprivata OneSign. Designed to protect cryptographic keys and sensitive …
SMS Trojan masquerading as valentine-sending mobile application
It’s Valentine’s Day, and for all of you who are getting ready to send a valentine to the special people in your life, Microsoft has a warning: be careful what …
Central management of self-encrypting hard drives
Lenovo and WinMagic announced SecureDoc for Lenovo, a full-disk encryption solution for central management of new self-encryption hard drives that meet the Opal standard …
Week in review: HBGary breach, corporate espionage and 2-step authentication by Google
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Hackers compromised Nasdaq’s network Hackers continue to breach systems of …
Fake scanned documents lead to Zeus infection
A new spam e-mail campaign is currently underway, and takes the form of a document scanned and sent by a Xerox WorkCentre Pro scanner: The attachment is a specially crafted …
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